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The initial 11.2 km (7.0 mi) line opened in three stages between 17 December 1995 and 21 April 1996, [2] and connected the La "Y" district, in northern Quito and near Mariscal Sucre International Airport, to the El Recreo shopping mall (Centro Comercial El Recreo), in southern Quito, via the city center. On 30 April 2000, the line was extended ...
The station at Plaza de San Francisco (by the San Francisco monastery), is the only station placed in the historic center of Quito (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978). [3] Due to archaeological remains found at the proposed site of the San Francisco station in late 2016, the station was moved two blocks further south to the Plaza ...
According to the 2007 estimates, it is 1,840,000. Of this, the population of the urban parishes (the city of Quito itself) was 1,399,378, and the population of the rural parishes (outside of the city of Quito but still within the canton) was 440,475. [2] The total population density of the canton is 439.8 inhabitants per km² (1139.1/mi²).
Ferrocarril Ambato - Cururay. Commenced from Ambato (on the G&Q Southern Division), reached Pelileo (35 km) and was intended to continue to Baños de Agua Santa, located on the banks of the Pastaza River then intended to extend until it crossed the Arajuno River and reached a navigable point on the Curaray, a total length of 117 km. Construction commenced in 1912 and the company ceased ...
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Police at the Mariscal Sucre International Airport in the capital Quito. The National Police of Ecuador (Spanish: Policía Nacional del Ecuador) is the national police force and the main civil law enforcement agency of Ecuador. It is commanded by the Commanding General (Comandante General) and subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior.
Centro Cultural Metropolitano (English: Metropolitan Cultural Center) is a cultural institution based in Quito, Ecuador. It was established in 1997 in a building which dates to 1622. This building belongs to the colonial epoch, but its facade was rebuilt in the 20th century. The First Central University was in this building.
The flag of Quito. The flag of the city and canton of Quito is defined by Article 1 of a municipal law known as Ordenanza Municipal N° 1634, passed in 1974, when Sixto Durán Ballén was mayor of Quito. The flag is divided into six equally wide vertical bands, of which the inner four are red and the outer two are blue.